[ChuckDickerson]

I am still forming my opinion about whether or not I like the game but no matter what I know it is going to be fun to play and to watch.

Does anyone else get the feeling that the original plans for the game had each set of 3 vertical round diamond plate "feet" as a different color light as in a stop light? The top red, the middle yellow, and the bottom the good old green? This would have allowed teams to directly track the moving circle with the camera and more easily detect which spider leg they wanted to score during autonomous thus allowing the three alliance partners to coordinate their ring placement by switching autonomous modes just before the match. As it is now since they field crew will randomly rotate the rack prior to the start of the match it is very possible for alliance partners to lock on to the same green target and crash into each other while heading for the same spider leg. If each circle had been red, yellow, green like a stop light the alliance partners could say "Ok, you team A go for the low green one on the left, team B go for the high red one in the middle, and team C go for the middle yellow one on the right" or something like that. I was really expecting some sort of red, yellow, green or other multi-color light system this year after the multi-color stunt during the finals at the Championship last year. I don't know why but I get the feeling this may have been the original intent of the GDC but for some logistical reason they had to change the game and just go with round diamond plates. In any case, I sure wish they HAD gone with red, yellow, and green stop lights. It sure would have looked cool and added a whole new dimension to the game.